Resources
Week 1 Day 1
Video: Welcome to the Anthropocene
Article: The Age of Man
Website: Welcome to the Anthropocene
Driving Question and Challenge
Article: The Age of Man
Website: Welcome to the Anthropocene
Driving Question and Challenge
Week 1 Day 2
Engage: 53 year old Terrarium
Week 1 Day 3
Notebook to serve as log book (one for each student; these will be used daily)
Cameras (to take pictures; these will be used daily)
2-liter plastic bottles (one for each student)
Bottle Biology Tool Kit
Gravel
Soil
Sand
Snails
Water
Plants such as: Strawberry begonia, small-leaved oregano or thyme, moss fern (Selaginella), artillery plants (Pilea microphylla), babies' tears (Pilea depressa), Swedish ivy and miniature African violets. Ferns, mosses and liverworts also do well, but use only distilled water or rainwater. For drier, desert-like terrarium, plant leaves of jade (Crassula argenta), sedum plants and small cacti. Aquatic plants include duckweed, algae, water lettuce, Elodea and Hornwort or Coontail (Ceratophyllum demersum).
Cameras (to take pictures; these will be used daily)
2-liter plastic bottles (one for each student)
Bottle Biology Tool Kit
Gravel
Soil
Sand
Snails
Water
Plants such as: Strawberry begonia, small-leaved oregano or thyme, moss fern (Selaginella), artillery plants (Pilea microphylla), babies' tears (Pilea depressa), Swedish ivy and miniature African violets. Ferns, mosses and liverworts also do well, but use only distilled water or rainwater. For drier, desert-like terrarium, plant leaves of jade (Crassula argenta), sedum plants and small cacti. Aquatic plants include duckweed, algae, water lettuce, Elodea and Hornwort or Coontail (Ceratophyllum demersum).
Week 1 Day 4
Week 1 Day 5
Engage: "Water Cycle Jump" (video)
Week 2 Day 1
Engage: A Colorful Magic Trick (video)
Two Day Lesson Plan (includes materials, assessments, and worksheets)
Two Day Lesson Plan (includes materials, assessments, and worksheets)
Week 2 Day 2
Explain: Photosynthesis Explained Simply (video)
Elaboration: The Carbon Cycle (video)
Diagram: The Carbon Cycle
Two Day Lesson Plan
Elaboration: The Carbon Cycle (video)
Diagram: The Carbon Cycle
Two Day Lesson Plan
Week 2 Day 3
Week 2 Day 4
Week 2 Day 5
Yarn
Prepared organism cards with details on what they eat and what eats it
Prepared organism cards with details on what they eat and what eats it
Week 3 Day 1
Engage: "It's the Food Web" (video)
Week 3 Day 2
Week 3 Day 3
Students will spend the day making final observations:
log book
camera
terrarium
log book
camera
terrarium
Week 3 Day 4
Posters (one for each student)
Printer with ink
Laptops (especially needed this day to type up findings for poster)
Printer with ink
Laptops (especially needed this day to type up findings for poster)
Week 3 Day 5
Peer Evaluation